Leadership + Design Salt Lake City Caravan Tour
Explore the most dynamic issues for facing independent school leaders through human-centered design and a tour of Salt Lake City Schools. Join for 1, 2, or 3 days!
Wednesday, January 20, 2027 - Student Life + Well-Being
Thursday, January 21, 2027 - Leadership Presence + Feedback
Friday, January 22, 2027 - The Resistance Paradox: Navigating Pushback and Resistance
What Is the L+D Caravan Tour ?The Leadership + Design Caravan is a mobile, hyper-local professional development experience that brings L+D’s signature mix of bold ideas, human-centered design, and optimistic futurism.
This isn't your typical professional development - it's a dynamic learning experience built for collaboration and creativity. Attend with a team from your school to maximize impact, or join à la carte for one or two days that fit your goals. Think of it as a music festival for educators - three days of connection, reflection, and growth. FormatEach day of the Caravan Tour will be hosted by a different local school, bringing together nearby educators and leaders to practice, prototype, reflect, and re-imagine the work of education. Each day focuses on a timely and essential theme: - Student Life + Well-Being
- Leadership Presence + Feedback
- Resistance Paradox: Navigating Pushback and Resistance
Buy for 1 day, 2 days, or all 3 days for your school - and mix and match who attends each workshop
L+D recommends that schools send a small group of educators each day they participate. Who is Leadership + Design?
Leadership + Design is a collaborative of educators, strategists, and experience designers committed to transforming the work of school leaders through intentionally designed professional development experiences. Through our work, we seek to build capacity, create conversations that lead to action, and make deep connections between and among school leaders and schools.
The Daily LineupEach day of the caravan tour is built around a line up of impactful ideas that are relevant to the work of schools.
Workshop Descriptions
Wednesday, January 20, 2027 (9:00AM-3:00PM MT) Student Life + Well-being Schools often respond to student behavior through systems designed for compliance, control, and efficiency. But what our discipline practices and support systems were designed to build capacity, agency, and learning? Reimagine student life through a human-centered design lens. Explore how schools can create cultures of care, accountability, and growth that help students thrive while reducing the need for reactive intervention.
Best for: Deans, Assistant Principals, Counselors, and Student life Coordinators
Thursday, January 21, 2027 (9:00AM-3:00PM MT)
Leadership Presence + Feedback We want to change the way that people are talking to each other in schools. So often, in education, you are promoted into leadership because you are good at your current job. “You are a great teacher, why don’t you lead ________ ?” You begin to do this work, and you realize that leading adults is hard – it’s not the same thing you were doing before. Grow your leadership presence and skillfully navigate the complexities of giving and receiving feedback. Learn to hold space, manage up and down, and transform tension into trust.
Best for: Instructional Coaches, Department Chairs, Team Leads, Emerging and Mid-level Leaders
Friday, January 22, 2027 (9:00AM-3:00PM MT) Resistance Paradox: Navigating Pushback and Resistance The core paradox: what we experience as resistance in others is often a reflection of our own fears, assumptions, and need for control. These sessions pushed into rich territory: what blocks us from seeing others as fully capable, how recognizing resistance changes the way we give feedback, and how we might gather resistance early as a gift for learning rather than an attack - how can we look at ideas, plans, the resistance itself shoulder to shoulder? Sitting with the paradox doesn't mean we need to compromise integrity. We can draw boundaries and articulate those boundaries.
Best for: All school leaders, directors and deans that feel resistance in their work.
About Our Facilitator: Isaiah Noriega
Isaiah Noriega (he/him) is a partner at Leadership + Design. He is an experienced educator, counselor, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner with a passion for student well-being and community building. Isaiah recently served as Dean of Community and Well-being, Chief Diversity Officer, and Founding Director of the Evergreen Institute at Indian Creek School, where he led initiatives that center student well-being, leadership development, and belonging. With a background in clinical-community psychology, Isaiah brings expertise in mental health and organizational psychology to his work. Before joining Leadership+Design full-time, he was a Fellow and a Leader in Residence. At the heart of Isaiah’s work is a belief in the power of people—their stories, their leadership, and their potential to thrive when truly seen and supported. A certified life coach and trained restorative practitioner, Isaiah blends empathy with strategy to help communities move forward with clarity and purpose. Outside of work, Isaiah enjoys reading, sports, and spending time with his wife.
Registration
Registration is NOT YET OPEN FOR THIS EVENT
Schools can sign up for a one-day pass or a three-day pass. Three-day passes are transferable and can be shared between multiple people, so, for example, one person can attend day 1 and a different person can attend day 2&3. L+D recommends that schools send a small group of educators each day they participate.
Pricing
One and Three-Day Passes Are Available
Member Schools One-Day Pass: $399 per person Three-Day Pass: $999 per person
Non-Member Schools One-Day Pass: $499 per person Three-Day Pass: $1299 per person
Cancellation
Substitutions may be made any time prior to the workshop. Written cancellations received before the start of the course are eligible for a refund after a $50 cancellation fee for one-day passes and $100 for 3-day passes.
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